Lloyd will certainly be missed by all of our board members. He has been a trusted and valued member of our board since the First Union-Wachovia merger and we wish him well during retirement.
Today's outcome is a tremendous victory and a major milestone within the merger process, ... It is clear that Wachovia shareholders have strongly endorsed the compelling strategic rationale behind the Wachovia-First Union combination.
We have a binding legal agreement with Wachovia that we intend to vigorously pursue to consummation, ... We plan to continue the constructive merger integration dialogue which we've had over the past month and look forward to completing our merger with Wachovia.